American bison herd descending directly from a Bronx Zoo breeding program that saved the species from extinction.

A striking, menacing sandstone peak towering above a landscape that's equal parts Mordor and the Moon.

Despite its name, this route in southern Utah offers a heavenly day trip.

Hundreds of drawings left by the land's previous inhabitants remain mysterious.

This concert pavilion on the shore of the Great Salt Lake has been destroyed by fire, water, and disinterest but keeps coming back.

This quiet park's strange sedimentary spires were named after Kodak's color film.

Giant, natural amphitheaters made of delicate geological formations called "hoodoos."

This roadside stop between Goblin Valley is the perfect location to view some of the region's natural wonders.

This outsider art paradise is filled with dinosaur sculptures crafted from recycled machinery.

Once a menacing challenge for trailblazers, this trail is now the most scenic drive in Utah.

This gallery of prehistoric red ochre art lines the wall of a scenic segment in Utah's San Rafael Swell.

A cemetery full of touching tombstones from a community of railroad workers, uranium miners, and Cold War missile launchers.

Contains a wealth of information about the first exploration and later use of the Green and Colorado Rivers.

A ghost town that held steady longer than most, but finally gave up the ghost.

An enthusiastically interactive mining museum that won't let black lung ruin the fun.

This otherwise unremarkable ski town building marks the site of Butch Cassidy's first robbery.

A breathtaking array of ancient Pueblo structures and artifacts counterintuitively preserved by neglect.

Colorado's only true geyser is hidden within the San Juan National Forest.

This ghost town was once a cult-like religious utopian settlement.

Oddly shaped rock formation, misassociated with a nearby utopian community.

One of the world’s largest collections of petroglyphs records 2,000 years of human activity.

A house carved into a rock in the 1940s.

Erosion and various mineral deposits give this striking canyon its distinct color and soft appearance.

A small flooded ghost town with a few scattered structures remaining.